Improved comboting-lim



WILLAM N. FELT-ON, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 76,517, dated April 7, 1868.

IMPROVED ooNNeoTINe-L'INK.

tinge rlghule Infant mit tigen: @new ittcnt mit uniting pil-ni nf tige stime.

rro ALL' WHOM 1T MAY ooNeEnN; K l Y Be it known that I, lVILLAM N. PEL'TON, of New'London, in the county of New London, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Connecting-Link; and I do hereby declarethat thefollowing is a lull, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable othersskillcd in the art t9 make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,.t`orming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents n side view of my improved link closed.'I

Figure 2 is an edge View of the same.

Figure 3 is a side view ofthe same when open.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s.v

This inventionrelates to a new connecting-link for chains and other purposes, and consists in the-use of n link, in which a portion is hinged to the1 body, and can be fastenedwith its free end, by means of a pin, to

. the same.

A,-in the dra-wing, represents a metal bar, bent at its two en fls so as to form a double hoek. To one of its ends is pivot-ed, by means of a pin, a, a bar, B, as is clearly shown in the drawings.' The free encljof oneof the bars is slotted, and that of the other has a tenon, which, when the free ends are placed together, as in vfigs. l and 2, fits into the slot, so that the two bars together form a complete l-ink. I The slotted and tenoned free ends nre perforated, so that they can be locked together by means of a somewhat conical pin, b. I

This invention is applicable not only for connecting the ends of two pieces of chain, but also wherever hooks are now employed, as, when the link 'is opened, es in fig. 3, the device can be hooked into rings or other articles, vand can then be closed, so that the projecting point ofthe hook may be hidden.

On shipboard, for harnesses, and for many other purposes, this invention will be found of great practical use, as it can be very quickly applied and closed. Y

It will be noticed that no rivetsare tobe employed for closing this link, without which none of the'other connecting-links can be closed. i

Having described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A connecting-link, consisting ofthe body A, and'of the bnr B pivoted to the same, all made and operating substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM N. PELTON.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

